diff --git a/src/vnet/tls/tls.c b/src/vnet/tls/tls.c
index 7a172b8..d0552dc 100644
--- a/src/vnet/tls/tls.c
+++ b/src/vnet/tls/tls.c
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-int
-tls_add_vpp_q_builtin_tx_evt (session_t * s)
-{
-  if (svm_fifo_set_event (s->tx_fifo))
-    session_send_io_evt_to_thread_custom (s, s->thread_index,
-					  SESSION_IO_EVT_BUILTIN_TX);
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static inline int
 tls_add_app_q_evt (app_worker_t * app, session_t * app_session)
 {
@@ -316,9 +307,14 @@
 }
 
 static inline int
-tls_ctx_write (tls_ctx_t * ctx, session_t * app_session)
+tls_ctx_write (tls_ctx_t * ctx, session_t * app_session, u32 max_burst_size)
 {
-  return tls_vfts[ctx->tls_ctx_engine].ctx_write (ctx, app_session);
+  u32 max_write, n_wrote;
+
+  max_write = max_burst_size * TRANSPORT_PACER_MIN_MSS;
+  n_wrote = tls_vfts[ctx->tls_ctx_engine].ctx_write (ctx, app_session,
+						     max_write);
+  return n_wrote > 0 ? clib_max (n_wrote / TRANSPORT_PACER_MIN_MSS, 1) : 0;
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -726,7 +722,7 @@
     return 0;
 
   ctx = tls_ctx_get (app_session->connection_index);
-  tls_ctx_write (ctx, app_session);
+  tls_ctx_write (ctx, app_session, max_burst_size);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -890,7 +886,7 @@
 {
   u32 add_segment_size = 256 << 20, first_seg_size = 32 << 20;
   vlib_thread_main_t *vtm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
-  u32 num_threads, fifo_size = 128 << 10;
+  u32 num_threads, fifo_size = 128 << 12;
   vnet_app_attach_args_t _a, *a = &_a;
   u64 options[APP_OPTIONS_N_OPTIONS];
   tls_main_t *tm = &tls_main;
diff --git a/src/vnet/tls/tls.h b/src/vnet/tls/tls.h
index 1281e3d..2d09b29 100644
--- a/src/vnet/tls/tls.h
+++ b/src/vnet/tls/tls.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   int (*ctx_init_client) (tls_ctx_t * ctx);
   int (*ctx_init_server) (tls_ctx_t * ctx);
   int (*ctx_read) (tls_ctx_t * ctx, session_t * tls_session);
-  int (*ctx_write) (tls_ctx_t * ctx, session_t * app_session);
+  int (*ctx_write) (tls_ctx_t * ctx, session_t * app_session, u32 max_write);
     u8 (*ctx_handshake_is_over) (tls_ctx_t * ctx);
   int (*ctx_start_listen) (tls_ctx_t * ctx);
   int (*ctx_stop_listen) (tls_ctx_t * ctx);